The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-06-18

Wouio you 90 then without Christ IN
the ship? Young man. take God for
your portion. God for your guide, God
for your help; then all Is well; all Is
well for time. all shall be well forever.
Blessed is that man who puts in the
Lord his trust. He shall never be con-
founded.
But my subject also impresses me
with the fact that when people start to
follow Christ they must not expect
smooth sailing.
These disciples got into the small
boat. and have no doubt they said:
what beautiful day this Isl What
a smooth sea! What bright sky this
Isl How delightful is sailing in this
boat and as for the waves under the
keel Of the boat. why they only make
the motion of our little boat the more
delightful"
But when the winds swept down and
the sea was tossed into wrath. then
they found that following Christ was
not smooth sailing. So you have
found IL; so l have found il. Did you
ever notice the end Of the life or the
apostles of Jesus CHRISTI You would
say IL ever men ought to have had a
smooth life. smooth departure, then
those men, the disciples of Jesus Christ.
ought TO have had such departure
and such life.
l can come into this audience to.
day and find score of illustrations
of the truth of this subject. That
young man in the store trying 20
serve God, while his employer SCOTS
at Christianity; the young men In the
same store antagonistic TO the Chris
tian religion, teasing him, tormenting
him about his religion. trying TO get
him mad. They succeed in getting
him mad saying
you're pretty Christian"
Does this young man find IL smooth
sailing when he tries to follow Christ!
Here is Christian girl. Her father
despises the Christian religion; her
mother despises the Christian religion;
her brothers and sisters scoff at the
Christian religion; she can hardly find
a quiet place in which TO say her
prayers. Did she find il smooth sail
ing when she tried to follow Jesus
Christi
oh, no! All who would live the life
of the Christian religion must suffer
prosecutions; IL you DO not find il in
one way, you will get ii in another
way. The question was asked:
"Who are those nearest the throne?"
To this the answer came back:
These are they who came up out
OF great tribulation" great failing.
as the original has IL; great failing,
great pounding had their robes
washed and made white in the blood
of the lamb"
My subject also impresses me with
the fact that some people get very
much frightened.
In the tones OF these disciples as
they rushed into the back part of the
boat, | find they are frightened almost
to death. They say:
Master, carest thou not that we perishg
They had no reason TO be frightened,
for Christ was in the boat l suppose
Ii we had been there we would have
been just as much frightened. Per.
haps more.
In all ages very good people get
very much frightened. 1t is often so
in our day, and men say:
"Why, look az the bad lectures;
look at the Spiritualistic societies;
look at the various errors going over
the Church of God; we are going 10
founder; the Church is going 10 perish
she Is going down"
oh, how many good people are af-
frighted by iniquity in our day, and |
think the Church Of Jesus Christ Is
going 70 be overthrown, and are just |
as much affrighted as were the dis
ciples of my text. Don't worry, don't
fret, as though iniquity were going to
triumph over righteousness
But there are great many good
people who get affrighted in other re-
spects; they are affrighted in our day
about revivals. They say:
"Ohl this is a strong religious gale;
we are afraid the Church of God is
going to be upset, and there are going
To be great many people brought
into the Church that are going TO be
of no use 10 It."
DO not be afraid Of great revival.
oh, that these gales from heaven
might sweep through all our churches
oh, for such days as Richard Baxter
saw In England and Robert McCheyne
saw In Dundeel Oh, for such DAYS as
Jonathan Edwards saw In Northamp-
toni
Oh. for the gales from heaven. and